(Minghui.org) I’m a retired university professor, and I’m nearly 70 years old. I began practicing Falun Dafa in 2017.

I studied Taoism in 2004 and Buddhism in 2010. I eventually realized that Buddhism and Taoism can no longer save people. I had some realizations that opened my eyes.

First, the purpose of practicing Buddhism and Taoism is to seek fame and fortune, and stay safe from disasters and diseases. One incident I experienced was shocking. It almost instantly destroyed my confidence in practicing Buddhism and Taoism when I had a stroke in 2016. Although the side effects were minimal, I couldn’t take care of myself.

Because I practiced Buddhism, Taoism, and Xingyiquan my body was messed up, and this violated the principle of “staying true to one practice” taught by Master.

I downloaded Falun Dafa’s main book Zhuan Falun, from the Minghui.org website in 2017, and I began practicing Falun Dafa. I let go of everything I learned from the Buddhist and Taoist practices. Once I let them go I was no longer bothered by them. For example, I could not remember the Buddhist mantras that I memorized so well. This shows the amazing power of Dafa.

By reading Zhuan Falun I realized that people’s illnesses are caused by the karma accumulated by the bad things they did throughout their many lifetimes. Another realization I had was that if you want to get rid of the disease, you must first let go of your attachment to curing it. Karma is eliminated through cultivation practice and diseases naturally disappear. Enduring hardships can eliminate karma and improve your character. A cultivator does not have any disease, if he holds himself to the standards of a cultivator and assimilates to Dafa, the disease will disappear naturally.

Up to now, although I still occasionally suffer from an “illness,” I ignore it. It’s through these “illnesses” that I improved my cultivation level. In other words, the suffering of “illnesses” is an opportunity to improve oneself.

Practicing Dafa will bring you blessings, but Dafa practitioners do not seek blessings when they practice Dafa. Seeking blessings and rewards is an ordinary person’s attachment. Dafa practitioners must get rid of this attachment and let go of the desire to pursuit.

Everyday people’s blessings come from the virtues accumulated throughout their many lifetimes, and Falun Dafa practitioners are no exception. But the difference between Falun Dafa practitioners and ordinary people is that we do not pursue blessings.

A practitioner recited the phases (Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good, because he wanted to be blessed. However, pursuit itself is a human notion and it lowers the realm of a cultivator to the level of ordinary people. Practitioners should focus on saving people, and cultivate kindness and compassion.

I am grateful to Master for teaching me Dafa, a rare opportunity that has not been offered for thousands of years. I am grateful to Master for pointing out the ultimate meaning of being a human being, showing me a way to get out of the predicament of being a human being, and giving me a new life. I am grateful to Master for paving a way for practitioners to return to Heaven.

Thank you Master!